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Thursday / March 28.
  • Markese Jacobs to Kansas

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    Markese Jacobs, a 5-foot-10, 155 pound Class of 2019 point guard from Chicago (IL) Academy, announced his commitment to Kansas on Sunday after visiting for “Late Night in the Phog.”

    “Being able to watch Late Night, watching them practice and seeing how they are with their guards and how hard they get on them and want to make them better, that impressed me,” Jacobs told the Chicago Sun-Times. “It’s all about basketball here. You can see and feel the passion.”

    He added: “This has always been a dream school for me growing up. So when there is chance to have your dream, you take it. There was no reason to wait.”

    Jacobs is Kansas’ first commit in the 2019 class. He previously held offers from schools such as Illinois and Depaul.

    He averaged 15.7 points, 2.6 assists, 2.1 steals and 1.7 rebounds per game last season.

    “His number one strength is his athleticism and number two is his toughness,” Mac Irvin Fire coach Jimalle Ridley told Scout.com. “His game is very similar to Sherron Collins. But he shoots the ball better at the same stage.”

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    Adam Zagoria is a Basketball Insider who covers basketball at all levels. A contributor to The New York Times and SportsNet New York (SNY), he is also the author of two books and is an award-winning journalist and filmmaker. His articles have appeared in ESPN The Magazine, SLAM, Sheridan Hoops, Basketball Times and in newspapers nationwide. He also won an Emmy award for his work on the SNY mini-documentary on Syracuse guard Tyus Battle. A veteran Ultimate Frisbee player, he has competed in numerous National and World Championships and, perhaps more importantly, his teams won the Westchester Summer League (WSL) championships in 2011 and 2013. He lives in Manhattan with his wife and children.

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